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Historical Event on 12/21/1990

Former Union Finance Secretary S. Venkatramanan appointed Governor of RBI. B. Rachaiah and Dr. Sarup Singh sworn in as Governors of Kerala and Gujarat respectively.

Other Historical Dates and Events
3/20/1926For the first time in the history of the competition, Scotland beats England for rugby's Calcutta Cup in London.
9/12/1899Vibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, world famous Bengali novelist, was born.
5/22/1970Vijayanand Patnaik established political party `Utkar Congress'.
4/26/1920Srinivas Ramanujam, famous Indian mathematician, passed away at Chetpet in Madras.
3/5/1991Congress threatens to withdraw support to the minority government of Chandrasekhar on the issue of police surveillance in Rajiv Gandhi's residence.
1/23/199750,000 miners in Orissa lose jobs as 57 mines are closed down.
2/20/1997RBI relaxes capital adequacy norms for commercial banks.
7/23/1997India decides to sign U.N. Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
8/27/1976Major-General (Kumari) Gertude Ali Ram, the first women General in Indian Army, was appointed as the first Director of Military Nursing Services at the Army Headquarters.
11/12/1762Peshwa surrendered in Battle of Alegaon.